Applicator



March 19, 1935. E. E. KALLENBACH 1,994,890

PPLICATOR Filed Aug. 1, 1953 2 sheets-sheet 1 ATTORN EY March 19, 1935. E. E. KALLENBACH 1,994,890

APPLICATOR Filed Aug. 1, 1935 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 49 INVENTOR n, luurJllanJw/Z 4,5 ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 19, 1935 UNITED STATES i 1,994,890 PATENT ori-ucla:A

I ArPLIoA'roR Edward E. Kallenbach, to Richard Hudnut,

New York, N. Y., assigner New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application August 1, 193s, serial No. 683,127 4 7 claims. (o1. 15`133 This invention relates to odorants and the like.

Among the objects of the present invention,

it is aimed to provide an applicator :for deodor- 5 ants or the like consisting in a head for the container of the deodorant which is preferably comapplicators for de- Vposed of a substance, such as Bakelite. whichv cal reaction with the`average deodorant solution and which may be soformed that no portion of the container which may be composed of glass 20 or the like can even accidentally be brought into engagement with the skin of the user and which head may be polished -to a smooth surface iinish devoid of any irregularities, fins, burs and the like to insure the user against any injury to the skin.

It is still a further object ofthe present invention to provide an applicator head composed of or the like substance which is provided Bakelite with one or more openings for the passage of 30 the deodorant to the skin of the'user, which surface of the head adjacent to which opening or openings there are provided a plurality of depressions, recesses or the like to form suction cups to break the surface tension of the liquid being applied, thereby to facilitate the even and uniform spreading of the liquid over the surface to be treated. Y

' It is still another object of the present inven- 40 tion to provide a cap for the head having a seal consisting of one or more discs composed of cork, paper, ber or the like which may be impinged between the cap and face of the head in which the openings emerge effectively to close and seal such openings and thus protect the contents from discharge between the head and the cap during shipment or the like.

These and other features, capabilities and advantages of the invention will appear `from the subjoined detail description of specific embodiments thereof illustratedl inthe accompanying drawings in which i 1Y Figure 1 is a side elevation of a container equipped with one embodimentof the improved applicator and cap showing the capin section;

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1'; Fig. 3 is anenlarged transverse section partly broken away of a portion of the container equipped with the embodiment illustrated in 60 Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a bottomV plan of.- the applicatory head shown in-Fig. 3;.' .v yi;

Fig. 5 is a section on' the `line 5 5 'of Fig. 4;

Fig. 6 is a side elevationy of another type oi.' container equipped with another embodiment of the improved applicator and cap. showing the applicator and cap in section;

Fig. 'l is an enlarged plan partly broken away of the embodiment illustrated in Fig. 6 with. the cap removed;

. Fig. 8 is a section on the line'S-S of Fig. 7;

Fig. 9 is a transverse section partly broken away of a portion of still another type of container equipped with still another embodiment of the improved applicator and cap;

Fig'. 10 is an enlarged plan ofthe applicator with the-cap removed;

Fig. 11.is a section on the'linell--ll of Fig. 10;

Fig. 12 is a transverse section showing a portion of still another type of kcontainer with still another embodiment of the "present improved applicator and cap;

Fig. 13 is an enlarged plan of the upper face "of the `applicator head shown in Fig. 12;

Fig. 14 is a fragmental section on the line 14-14 of Fig.-13.` f

Fig. 15 is a'transverse section partly broken away of still another type of container equipped with still another embodiment of the improved Vapplicator and cap. I opening or openings emerge in the skin engaging In the embodiment shown in Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive, there is provided a' container `1 which is preferably composed of glass Vor the like hav- 'ing a diminished neck 2`with an integral thread 3 formed thereon. The innerv periphery of the neck 2 is preferably provided with an annular recess 4 adjacent its outeredge having a shoulder face 5 spaced from the outer'substantially plane face 6 of the neck'2. v

On the shoulder face 5, there rests the lower' face '7 of the applicator head portion 8 having formed thereon an inwardly extending skirt 9, an outer convex face 10, openings -11, ve in the present instance, extending through the head pr- `tion 8 to establish communication inwardlyof the skirt 9 between the exteriorV and interior of the container l, and recesses or depressions,l such as the pockets or suction cups 12,*see Fig. 5, re.

-ceding from the 'convex face l0 of the Yhead porvtion 8. For anchoring the head 8 in theneck 2,

there is provided the annulus 13 composed of cork .or other suitable compressible material, immune to chemical reaction with the deodorant solution, which annulus is impinged between the outer .Y periphery of the skirt 9 andthe inner periphery -of the neck 2 below the recess 4 with the lower face 7 of the head 8 engaging the shoulder fac of the recess'4.

The applicator head 8 is preferably composed of someV suitable substance immune or inert to.

chemical reaction with the ordinary deodorant solution generally composed of aluminum chloride insolution. This head 8 lmayas an instance be composedjoi' vBakelite which is not only iinmune to chemical reaction with the ordinary de# odorant solution as aforesaid but in addition lends itself admirably to have formed thereon a smooth polished finish, especially for the face 10,V devoid of all irregularities, crevices, iins, burs and the like.

The pockets v12 cooperate in the use of the applicator to break the surface tension ofthe liquid being applied thereby in turn to facilitate the even and uniform spreading of the deodorant soulution over the skin area to be treated.

In the present embodiment, see Figs. 2 and 4, there are provided five openings 11 and four pockets'or suction cups .12, one of the openings 11 being disposed in the center and the other openings 11 being equally spacedl from one. another in an' annular row concentric with the central opening 11.V The pockets 12 are disposed in the same concentric row with one pocket between 'each two openings 11'.

When not in use to protect the contents'from discharge and similarly to protect the face 10 fromnjury, the cap C is providedwhich has an internal thread 3 to engage the thread 3 of the lcontainer 1 and an inner face 10' conforming substantially to the face. 10 of the head 8. Be-

tween the face 10' of the cap C and the face 10 -since if any' considerable quantity of the liquid 'should be permitted toV pass to the outer surface 10 of the head 8, it will of course constitute a loss. This loss can be eifectively avoided and at the same time the face 10 of the head 8 properly protected from injury when the seal D is pressed into intimateV engagement with this head Vto shut off and positively seal the openings 11,

In the embodiment shown in Figs. 6, 7 and 8,

rthere is illustrated a container 14 preferably cornposedof glass having an elongated narrow neck 15 provided with a diminished portion 15 defined by an annular bead 16 from the main neck portion 15. The diminished neck portion 15 is preferably provided with an external thread 17 formed thereon.

In the present embodiment, the applicator head 118 and cap 19 constitutes a substantially spherical shaped body in outward appearance when the `cap 19 is in closed position as illustrated in Fig. 6. The head 18 is provided with an internal thread to engage the thread 17 of the neck portion 15 and is provided with a chambered portion 20 above thev annular shoulder 21. The shoulder 21 has impinged between it and the outer free edge of the neck portion 15, a packing ring 22 preferably composed of one or more laylers of cork or any other suitable compressible material immune to chemical reaction with the deodorant solution.

The upper outer face 23 ofthe head 18 is preferably convex and-polished to `a smooth finish devoid of any irregularities,.ns, burs or the like.

The head 18 further has an enlarged lower portion 24 terminating in a diminished upper portion 25 defined from the lower portion by the plane annular shoulder 26` The outer periphery of the lower portion 24 is partly spherical to conform to theV outer spherical periphery of the cap 19 and the outer periphery of the narrow portion 25 is preferably provided with an external thread to receive the internal thread of thecap 19. The face of the cap 19 opposed to the face 23 of the head 18 is preferably concave to correspond to the face 23 and accommodates one or more layers VD composed or" cork or other suitable compressible material to serve as a packing and snugly engage the face 23 of the head 18 to seal the openings 27 formed therein.

In the present instance, the head 18 is provided Vwith four openings 27, three suction pockets or cups 28, the openings forming a communication between the chamber 20V and the exterior of the head 18.

Preferably the lower outer face of the cap 19 is provided with a knurled raised annular area 29 to be engaged by the user to facilitate turning the cap 19 when removing or attaching the same.

The threads of the neck portion 15 and of the outer surface ofthe upper portion 25 of the head may be inclined in opposite directions to form right and left hand threads respectively in order to facilitate turning the cap 19 into open posiltion without disturbing the position of the head -18 on;the container 14, orv else the threads may be inclined in the same direction and have different rates of pitch as indicated, to wit a greater pitch forthe thread on the container than on the portion 25 so that it would require less eiort to lturn the'cap relative to the head than to turn Ythe head relative to the container, although an entirely satisfactoryl device has been produced when the threads were inclined in the same direction and made of the same pitch, if only the head was screwed onto the container tighter than the cap was screwed onto the head.

The embodiment illustrated in Figs. 9, 10 and 11 is substantially identical to the embodiment `illustrated in Figs. 6, 7 and 8 except in the respects now to be pointed out.

The cap 19 and head 18' as an instance together form a substantially cylindrical shape rather than a spherically appearing body, the

pockets or suction cups 28 are star-shaped rather than round, the top of the container is formed with a tapered neck portion 14' instead of the slender portion 15 illustrated in Fig. 6, andthe vthread 17' is shown as a left hand thread instead of as a right hand thread, while the thread 25 `on the upper portion of the cap 18 is right hand.

In the embodiment shown in Figs. 12, 13 and "14, the container has two thread portions 30 and 31 yof different diameters, the diameter of the 'threaded portion 30 being greater than the diameter of the threaded portion 31, the threaded portion 30' being deiined from the main body 32 of the container by the shoulder 33 and the threaded portion 31 being defined from the threaded portion 30 by the shoulder 34.

In the present embodiment, the applicator 35 has a head portion 36 and a skirt 37. The skirt 37 has an internal thread for engaging the Vthread of the threaded portion 31, and the head portion 36 has a convex upper face 38, a plurality of openings 39 and star-shaped suction 'pockets 40.

. ln the present instance, an annular packing fiber or the like substance which will not react chemically or otherwise to aluminum chloride in solution or like ingredients of a standard deodorant, is preferably disposed between the free end of the threaded portion 3l and the imperforate portion of the head 35 to form a seal at such point. To enclose the head 36 and thereby protect the applicator face 38 from injury during shipment and at the same time seal the openings 39, there is provided the cap 42 having a head 43 provided with a concave inner face to conform to the face 38 of the head 36 and a skirt 44 having an internal thread to engage the thread of the threaded portion 30. Between the concave face of the cap 42 and the convex face 38 of the head 35 to effect the protection aforesaid to the face 38 and to effect the seal of the openings 39, there is preferably impinged a packing or seal consisting of one or more layers of discs 45 of paper, cork, ber or the like.

With the embodiments shown in Figs. 6, 9 and l2 and particularly in Figs. 6 and 9, it will of course be apparent that due to the skirt of the applicator, these applicators can be used without danger of any portion of the glass container engaging the skin area to be treated even when used to treat the skin area in the arm pits.

In the embodiment illustrated in Fig. 15 there is shown a container 46 preferably composed of glass, having a neck 47 provided with an external screw thread 48, and an upper bead 49 at the outer periphery of the upper end of the neck 47. On to the bead 49 there is frictionally clamped a head 50, composed of Celluloid or other suitable soft plastic substance, having a high degree of elasticity. This cap has a rolled annular fiange at its periphery conforming in size and dimensions to the bead 49 to frictionally engage the bead 49 when pressed into place to anchor the cap 50 against accidental displacement when once positioned on the bead 49. The cap 50 is provided with perforations similar to the perforations 39 of the embodiment illustrated in Fig. 13 and also provided with pockets similar to the pockets 40 ofV the embodiment illustrated in Fig. 13.

To close the applicator head and thereby protect the treatment face of the head 50 from injury, there is provided a cap 52 preferably composed of Bakelite or the like, having a skirt 53 provided with an inner screw thread to engage the thread 48 of the neck 47, and an upper inner face 54 to cooperate with the sealing disc 55 composed of a plurality of layers of paper, cork, rubber or the like, similar to the seal D of the embodiment illustrated in Fig. 1, which will be impinged between the treatment face of the head 50 and the inner face 54 of the cap 52 when the cap 52 is in place.

It is obvious that various changes and modications may be made to the details of construction Without departing from the general spirit of the invention as set forth in the appended claims. I

I claim:

1. An applicator for a deodorant solution or the like embracing a container, and a feeding device secured to said container having a head provided with discharge outlets for the deodorant solution, said head having a smooth finished treatment face in which said outlets emerge and a plurality of suction pockets receding from said face to break the surface tension of the liquid being discharged, thereby to facilitate an even and uniform spreading of the same.

l 2. An applicator for a deodorant solution kor the like comprising a container, and a feeding device secured to said container 'having a head provided with discharge outlets for the deodorant solution, said head having a convex treatment face in which said outlets emerge and a plurality of star-shaped suction pockets receding from said face. Y

3. An applicator for a deodorant solution or the like embracing a container composed of glass or the like, and a feeding device composed of Bakelite secured to said container having a head provided with discharge outlets for the deodorant soultion, said head having a convex smooth iinished treatment face in which said outlets emerge, and a plurality of star-shaped suction pockets receding from said face.

4. An applicator for a deodorant solution or the like embracing a container composed of glass or the like having a neckportiomand a feeding device composed of Bakelite having an extended skirt secured to, and of greater diameter than, the exterior of said neck portion and having a head provided with discharge openings for the solution and provided with a convex treatment face in which the discharge openings emerge, said head also having a plurality of suction pockets disposed adjacent to said discharge openings and receding from said face, the skin engaging portion of said head 'and said extended shirt being smoothly nished, devoid of any irregularities, fins, burs or the like whereby-the device can be used without danger of any portion of the glass engaging the skin area to be treated even when used in the armpits.

5. An applicator embracing a container composed of glass or the like having a bead at the outer periphery of its upper end, and a feeding device composed of a material of high elasticity having a curled fiange frictionally to` engage said bead and thereby anchor said vdevice in place and having a head provided with discharge outlets for the contents of the applicator and a plurality of suction pockets.

6. An applicator embracing a container composed of glass or the like having a bead at the outer periphery of its neck, and a feeding device composed of vcelluloid or the like elastic substance, said feeding device having a curled outer ange and a treatment head, the flange conforming to and frictionally engaging the bead of said container to anchor the device in place, the head having a treatment face and a plurality of discharge outlets for the contents of the applicator, the discharge outlets merging in the treatment face of said head, said head also having a plurality of suction pockets receding from said treatment face. Y

-7. An applicator for a liquid or the like comprising a container, and a feeding device secured to `said container having a head provided with discharge outlets for the liquid, said head havingk `said face.

EDWARD EKALLENBACH. 

